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December 24, 2014

My Top Reads of 2014

I really didn't think I'd read enough good books to make a top ten list this year, but here it is...

My Top 10 Reads of 2014(in no particular order!)

Sacrificial MuseShe is his muse, and the fates require sacrifice.

San
Francisco Detective Sabrina Vaughn is able to shrug off the nine red
roses being delivered to her office every day. But when only eight roses
arrive on the same day a Berkeley student's mutilated body is found,
Sabrina fears that the killer is taunting her. Forced into a partnership
with a deceitful reporter who somehow remains one step ahead of her,
Sabrina discovers that she's the object of a psychopath's twisted
delusion . . . and there may be no escape.

Chained by NightTHE FUTURE OF HIS TRIBELeader
of the vampire clan MoonBound, Hunter will do what he must to save his
people from extinction - or worse, a torturous eternity as vampire
slaves and subjects of human experimentation. To keep his enemies at
bay, he has agreed to mate a rival clan leader's daughter in return for
peace between the clans and an ally in the looming war with the humans.

THE LOVER OF HIS SOULBut
survival comes at a price. First, Hunter must break an ancient curse by
successfully negotiating three deadly tests. Then he must resist the
searing passions of the gorgeous vampire warrior he despises but is
bound to mate. Will Hunter stay true to his word? Or will he risk
everything for the woman he really loves: the vampire seductress's
identical twin sister?

Banjo
Murphy is killed on the night he finally walks away from his wife,
Jade, after twenty-five years of her adultery. In the aftermath, Banjo
is bewildered to discover he still exists, and in despair he watches
Jade collapse into deep depression and his daughters, Lissy and
Cassandra, struggle with their unexpected loss.

Lissy is tortured
by the mystery surrounding her father’s death. What compelled Banjo to
leave the night he died? And why won’t Jade talk about what happened?
Despite their volatile relationship, Lissy believes her parents’ love to
have been enduring, but sensible

Cassandra sees things
differently. When Cassy discovers a sketchbook chronicling Jade’s
affairs, the truth of their parents’ relationship begins to unfold and
Lissy’s loyalties are divided.

Searching for answers, Lissy
contacts Jade’s ex-lovers. And watching from afar, Banjo aches as he
discovers what these men meant to Jade – until Lissy’s quest reveals an
explosive truth …

Lotta Dann was in
trouble - her fun drinking habit had slowly morphed into an obsessive
hunger for wine. One bottle a night was never quite enough. When she
tried to cut down, she found it nearly impossible to have an
alcohol-free day.

Everyone around could see her drinking, but no
one realised what a serious problem it was. She was high-functioning,
fun-loving Lotta, not some messy, hopeless drunk. Only Lotta knew how
sick and twisted her thinking about wine had become.

Desperate
and miserable, she was falling deeper and deeper into a boozy hellhole
and running out of ideas about what she could do to stop it. What's a
girl to do when her beloved wine becomes the enemy?

Here's what
Lotta did. She stopped drinking and secretly started a blog that charted
the highs and lows of learning to live without alcohol. Mrs D was
anonymous, honest and, as Lotta would discover, surrounded by people who
would help her on her journey, and whom she could help in return.

As the lead singer of
Stage Dive, Jimmy is used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he
wants it, whether it's booze, drugs, or women. However, when a PR
disaster serves as a wake-up call about his life and lands him in rehab,
he finds himself with Lena, a new assistant to keep him out of trouble.

Lena's not willing to take any crap from the sexy rocker and
is determined to keep their relationship completely professional,
despite their sizzling chemistry. But when Jimmy pushes her too far and
Lena leaves, he realizes that he may just have lost the best thing that
ever happened to him.

Crave The NightBorn and raised to be an
emotionless killing machine, Nathan is one of the most lethal Breed
vampires in existence. A key member of the Order—an elite group of
warriors charged with protecting both mortals and vampires—Nathan
executes each mission with flawless precision and a total lack of mercy.
Now he must pursue a powerful, hidden enemy. But Nathan’s hard
discipline and training are no match for the fierce pull he feels toward
a young woman he has no right to desire—a woman of wealth and high
social standing who has long been promised to another Breed male, and
who may also prove to be the key to rooting out Nathan’s elusive quarry.

Jordana
lives a life of glittering privilege as a member of a prominent Breed
family in Boston. Surrounded by fine things and fawning admirers,
Jordana wants for nothing—until she crosses paths with a dark, intense
warrior from the Order and finds herself swept into an impulsive,
sizzling kiss that neither of them will forget. As much as she tries to
deny her deep feelings for Nathan, Jordana cannot resist the craving to
be near him, to break through his forbidding walls and see the man he
truly is. But getting close to Nathan will thrust Jordana into a
treacherous new world, forcing her to risk all she has and all she knows
about herself and her past. And loving this seductive man could be the
most dangerous temptation of all.You can read my review here###

PlayMal Ericson, drummer for
the world famous rock band Stage Dive, needs to clean up his image
fast—at least for a little while. Having a good girl on his arm should
do the job just fine. Mal doesn’t plan on this temporary fix becoming
permanent, but he didn’t count on finding the one right girl.

Anne
Rollins never thought she’d ever meet the rock god who plastered her
teenage bedroom walls—especially not under these circumstances. Anne has
money problems. Big ones. But being paid to play the pretend girlfriend
to a wild life-of-the-party drummer couldn’t end well. No matter how
hot he is. Or could it?You can read my review here###

AwakeningThe cold spread like anaesthetic in her veins. Fear resurged, driving deeper into every cell."Why would my looking in a mirror help you see me?""Because I see through your eyes."

When Zelie Taylor pulls a lost necklace out of the icy waters of the lake, she has no idea what the consequences will be. At
first the pendant is just freezing cold - unnaturally so - but then she
hears a voice inside her head and Zelie thinks she must be going mad.
She's not. Seventeen-year-old Tamas' soul has been trapped in the silver
necklace since 1918. His body is nearby, sleeping, and Zelie must help
him awaken.

At first Zelie would like nothing better than for
Tamas' moody, enigmatic presence to be out of her life, but after a
while she isn't so sure. And what is waiting for Tamas when he does
emerge? It seems that the sinister force that trapped him all those
years ago has returned and is growing more powerful.

A hundred-year-old mystery steeped in dark magic will make Zelie question everything she thought she knew.You can read my review here###

Paris Letters

“How much money does it take to change your life?”

Unfulfilled
at her job and unsuccessful in the dating department, Janice MacLeod
doodled this question at her desk. Then she decided to make it a
challenge.

Over the next few months, with a little math and a
lot of determination, she saved up enough to buy two years of freedom in
Europe.

But she had only been in Paris for a few days when she
met a handsome butcher (with a striking resemblance to Daniel Craig)—and
never went home again.

A love story in the vein of Almost French and Lunch in Paris,
Paris Letters (February 4) is a joyful romp through the City of Light,
and an inspiring look at what can happen when we dare to create the life
we want.

Realizing that her Parisian love affair would be
forever, MacLeod began her own business on Etsy, creating
beautifully-illustrated letters from Paris inspired by artists like
Percy Kelly and Beatrix Potter. She now paints and writes full-time,
bringing beautiful things to subscribers around the world and reviving
the lost art of letter-writing.

Evie
belongs to the Brotherhood Irin and together with all the other
Nephilim of the world she is protector to humanity, protector against
evil. But evil has found its way into the Brotherhood. Someone has
murdered her guardian and Marcellus, the New Master makes demands of the
warriors that go against all they stand for. Demands Evie just can’t
carry out.

Evie uncovers Marcellus’ plan to collect a set of
special seals, but when a high-level demon reveals the truth behind the
Seals of Hades, Evie know there is no way she can allow the Master of
the Irin to get his hands on them. But will keeping the Seals from
Marcellus cause her to sacrifice more that she should? Will vengeance
for her guardian’s death be enough or will she need more to satisfy her
Immortal soul?You can read my review here###